Mongolia celebrates International Women’s Day

The Heavenly Mothers Event for 1,000 women from Songinokhairkhan District was held yesterday at Independence Palace to celebrate International Women’s Day.

Vice Chairwoman of the Social Democratic Women’s Association of Mongolia Ch.Undarmaa attended the event and exchanged views with attendees on employment, health and family, and raised many important topics regarding urgent health and social welfare issues.
Awards were granted to women recognized for their achievements, contributing their knowledge and skills to the community, and becoming the best in their professional fields.
Representatives of young mothers and expectant mothers were also present at the meeting. Soon-to-be mother N.Purevjav was one of the 30 lucky prize winners during the event and delighted all the women at Independence Palace.

“I’m happy to have been invited to this event and to become a lucky prize winner. This is probably the first gift my soon-to-be-born child will receive,” N.Purevjav told the hundreds of women in the hall.

“Time Has Changed” premieres
The romantic comedy “Time Has Changed”, by Dream Theatre Production, opened on March 7.

To celebrate International Women’s Day, every woman in the audience who attended the opening of the play was presented with a gift.

Performances will continue at Independence Palace through the end of March, with performances beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Flashmob held at Chinggis Square
The One Billion Rising Revolution Flash Mob was danced at Chinggis Square yesterday as part of the international movement to raise awareness on the global epidemic of violence against women and stop violence against women and girls.
The flash mob started at noon with the theme “DRUM! DANCE! RISE!”
Thousands of One Billion Rising Revolution Events have been organized and produced by local activists throughout the world since 2013, when people across the world came together to express their outrage, strike, dance, and rise in defiance of the injustices women suffer, demanding an end at last to violence against women.